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Ms. Mei from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Spark in Reading

Help me give my students a variety of books during read aloud to improve their comprehension skills.

  • $526 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are bilingual students. My students are always curious and eager to learn. Students in my class have limited recources that restrict them from learning and exploring.

My students are ready to learn and explore the second they step in the building.

My Project

The books I have selected for this project will be used for read aloud and added to our classroom library. As a teacher, I love to include classic and new released books in our read aloud time. These books are colorful, enteractive, fun and exciting for students. I will use these books to improve students' comprehension skills. We will also read these books for the joy of reading.

The books I selected will be used in multiple ways such as improvement in comprehension skills, library books and reading for fun.

Ms. Mei
Grades PreK-2
    More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

    This project will reach 31 students.

    6 donors have given to this project.

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Elf on the Shelf Pets Reindeer • Amazon Business $33.94 1 $33.94
Have You Filled A Bucket Today: A Guide To Daily Happiness For Kids (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $20.75 1 $20.75
Pick a Pine Tree • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Lizzie and the Last Day of School • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Room on the Broom (Picture Puffins) • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Stellaluna 25th Anniversary Edition • Amazon Business $15.33 1 $15.33
The Watermelon Seed • Amazon Business $15.29 1 $15.29
Enemy Pie : (Reading Rainbow Book, Children’s Book about Kindness, Kids Books about Learning) • Amazon Business $14.59 1 $14.59
Do Not Bring Your Dragon to the Last Day of School • Amazon Business $14.15 1 $14.15
The Little Red Fort • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Nothing Rhymes with Orange: (Cute Children's Books, Preschool Rhyming Books, Children's Humor Books, Books about Friendship) • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Too Much Glue • Amazon Business $13.89 1 $13.89
The Day You Begin • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
How to Code a Rollercoaster • Amazon Business $13.37 1 $13.37
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale • Amazon Business $12.38 1 $12.38
Knuffle Bunny Free: An Unexpected Diversion (Knuffle Bunny Series) • Amazon Business $12.00 1 $12.00
The Day the Crayons Came Home • Amazon Business $11.75 1 $11.75
Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity • Amazon Business $11.00 1 $11.00
Dragons Love Tacos 2: The Sequel • Amazon Business $10.52 1 $10.52
Kindness is my Superpower: A children's Book About Empathy, Kindness and Compassion • Amazon Business $10.46 1 $10.46
How to Code a Sandcastle • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Is it Warm Enough for Ice Cream? • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
My Mouth Is A Volcano • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Do Unto Otters: A Book About Manners • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
What If Everybody Thought That? (What If Everybody?, 3) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt: (Nature Book for Kids, Gardening and Vegetable Planting, Outdoor Nature Book) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Day the Crayons Quit • Amazon Business $7.29 1 $7.29
Room on the Broom • Amazon Business $7.16 1 $7.16
What If Everybody Did That? • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
And Then Comes Summer • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
What If Everybody Said That? (What If Everybody?, 2) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
How to Catch a Snowman • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Love from the Crayons • Amazon Business $5.11 1 $5.11

Materials cost

$410.27

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.15

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$446.42

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$78.78

Total project goal

$525.20

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $525.20

4 Donors

-$348.46

Donations toward project cost

-$296.20

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$52.26

Matching donations from our partners

-$176.74

Match offers toward project cost

-$150.23

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.51

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